Mitch Johnson can discard any notion of needing a Big Bash League cameo to impress IPL scouts, because his team Punjab has elected to maintain their million-dollar deals with him and his countryman Glenn Maxwell.
By New Year's Eve IPL teams had to confirm their preliminary squads for the upcoming season, which required them to decide which players they were keeping under their current contract terms.
AUSTRALIANS IN THE IPL
RETAINED
Mitch Johnson (Punjab) - $1.34m
Glenn Maxwell (Punjab) - $1.24m
David Warner (Hyderabad) - $1.14m
Mitch Starc (Bangalore) - $1.03m
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Delhi) - $879,000
Shaun Marsh (Punjab) - $455,000
Chris Lynn (Kolkata) - $269,000
Moises Henriques (Hyderabad) - $207,000
Brad Hogg (Kolkata) - $103,000
Travis Head (Delhi) - $62,000
DRAFTED
Steve Smith (Pune) - $1.14m
James Faulkner (Rajkot) - $1.14
RELEASED
Shane Watson (Rajasthan)* - undisclosed
George Bailey (Punjab) - was $671,000
Aaron Finch (Mumbai) - was $662,000
Gurinder Sandhu (Delhi) - was $351,000
Mike Hussey (Chennai)* - was $310,000
Sean Abbott (Bangalore) - was $207,000)
Johan Botha (Kolkata)** - was $207,000
Pat Cummins (Kolkata) - was $207,000
Ben Hilfenhaus (Mumbai) - was $207,000
Kane Richardson (Rajasthan)* - was $207,000
Ben Cutting (Rajasthan)* - was $165,000
Josh Hazlewood (Mumbai) - was $103,000
Nic Maddinson (Bangalore) - was $103,000
Aiden Blizzard (Mumbai) - was $62,000
Marcus Stoinis (Delhi) - was $52,000
Andrew Tye (Chennai)* - was $41,000
* Were not among the 10 players of the suspended teams chosen by replacement teams Pune and Rajkot
** Lives in Australia, and will qualify as a local player next season.
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